GRE Word List
FRISK
to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
The meaning of the word frisk is to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |